Flash-candle.



J. y. McADAMS. FLASH CANDLE. APPLICATION FILED OCT. 24, I9I7.

Patented June 4, 1918.

.;a citizen -of;the United} :States, residing. at

'Ilablerock, the county-1of1 Carbon and may gammy a; 1 Be itiknownithat I, Josnerr V; MOADAMS,

State of Wyoming, have invented certain new. and 1 usefuL-Improvements in Flash- Candles; and Iasdo {hereby :declare "the -fol-x I I lowing to be a-full, clear and, exact descriptains to make and use the sameti tiodbf'the'invention, such 'as will enable others skilled in the artto which it-wapjptara My invention relatesmtorflash candles and more particularly to the construction,

during the nighttime, being designed, adaptsulfur mixed with blasting or other powder,

and use of such oandles as scarecrows forcoyotes. It has foran object the production of a simple, economical, inexpensive, and reliable means for alarming prowling animals ed, and primarily intended for guarding sheep in flocks and protecting them from attacks of wild beasts, more especially coyotesso numerous in some sheep-raising sec-. tions.

Heretofore the most effective preventive employed by sheep raisers has been bulk in cans or other receptacles. It is a well known fact that coyotes are quite wary of the smell of sulfur, and even more so of d it is also a noticeable fact that ashes accumuthe flash when it is ignited. By this method 1 late as the sulfur burns, thus oftentimes smothering the. flame, moreover, windy @inefiective. These and. similar objectionsto l weather extinguishes the same, oftentimes .capsizing the receptacle, and rain water floods the can, thus rendering 1ts contents the heretofore general use of bulk sulfur as aforesaid are well recognized, and to overcome such objections is also an object of the present invention.

. With these and other objects in view the invention will now be particularly described,

and then pointed out by the claims follow- 111g? form part of this application for Letters Patent, and whereon corresponding referenoe numerals indicate like parts in the sev- Fig. 2 is a similar view upon a slightly enlarged scale, of one candle havin its oiled paper wrapper broken away, and itself In the accompanying drawings which Inse e:

Specification or Letters rat'nt. iPat i ted J ne 4, 1918, J 1 v-- wfih :w M1, 1

I l r 1 Application filed-October 24, 1917; '-Seria1 No. 198,350.

' m1 Hg osnrrrv. or TABLEROCK, WYOMING.

broken. out. exposing to view the hanger or support 'for; the device, and F 1g, 3 is; atransversesectionalwiew taken through one of; the powder :Charges.

Referenceibeing :had to thedrawmgs numerals .-thereon,15. indicates the core or.

body of; theadevice being-formed; of sulfur mixed with cotton 'whichwconsequently is slow burning. At regular intervals through out {the length of the candle there. are provided charges; ,ofgpowden v 6, which may be, radially arranged from 1-center to circum-.

ference of the structure as shown by Fig. 3, or introduced "in any other approved form .and aquantities.

Traversing one side of the core or body 5 of the structure is a hanger rod, or strip of metal 7 having a hooked upper end 8 to facilitate hanging same upon a suitable supin circular arrangement, for example around a flock of sheep at night, the entire series of candles is successively lighted at intervals of about five minutes. They then smolder and burn slowly, emitting a strong sulfurous odor until the .first fuse or charge 6 is reached in the candle first lighted, whereupon the same flashes for the purpose of alarming lurking beasts of prey. By preference the succeeding charges or fuses 6 of each candle are so positioned that each succeeding charge is fired and flashed at intervals of about twenty-five minutes, and as a result of this timing, the circular arrangement of similar candles, and the intervals at which they are originally lighted, it is oblights when burning, and it will be particuta noted thatrthegb rnmhe imp? from the candle to the ground without in I-I Vin'g' thus described. my invention in one form of construction, What I now clai'rn and desire to secure by Letters Patent. is j a lf'I'n' a slow burning candle; the c'o'mbina flashfuses" arranged therein 'atpre'determined *intervalsfof' suitable supporting hanger, andl an outerfsheath envelopingsaid candleandz'the'body of said'hanger."

, Gopiet of thiepatentmay beiohtained forjfive cents icotton "andfsu1fur', the combination I? flash charges embedded" therein-atintervals; or suitable hanger, anol an outersheath off "29111 a slow burning candle composed of cotton and -,'sulfur, *the combination' with- I posed of v I g each; bi addressing the' -'WgsInngtomDJBJQ 1 3;

minim;nectar:aa, ';;a1am I hangerand candle throughout the length of least interfering with the functions o th ,flevice. I

the candle.

' 4.- int slow burningc'andIethe combine.-

2 t ionw ith flash charges entering said candle radially at predetermined intervals, of a suitable hanger connected-to s aid candle by I a'surrou'nding inflammable envelop:

' tion with an outer sheath iof a =supporting memberextending tl lrough the; lengthq of M said candle; fbetweenYthe fsaiidx' outer; sheath g and thebody of the candle" t ion 'Withfan outer sheath .of a supporting member, said supporting member being se-L cured between ftheb'ody i of *the zc'andle and the outer sheath,- and having opp'ositely arranged 1 hooked ends; gene of Which-engages 7' the lowermost edge of the outer sheath.

I 30 r l 'w' burning candle the combina- In testimony-whereof I affixmy signature, V I

q in presenceof twosubsribingwitnessesi --Witne'sses': r N J. CrEsrnn 8 ARneTRoNoj ,1

domnl i ssiioner of f f at eats; v 

